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Old 08-28-2008, 09:12 AM
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grneyemonstr
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Default RE: New baiting ban in Michigan

it is no secret that the mi dnr has supported a ban on baiting for years. All they needed was an excuse. it has been years since they have found tb in the tb zone and they havent lifted the baiting ban there. Sadly the truth of the matter is all the stores are going to sell corn, sugar beets, carrots and all the Cmore bucks you can get your hands on and hunters are still going to put it down. MIdnr is going to step up enforcement of baiting out side the already banned tb zone but sadly they are majorly understaffed basically meaning unless someone calls on you you have a better chance of winning the lottery than randomly getting caught. Baiting has been abused in michigan and in my opinion skilled hunters how have baited will be fine but hack hunterswho have relied on piles upon piles of sugar beets to get a deer most likely stay home and that isjust fine with me. Some hunters here have never considered picking up a rattle bagor call and as mentioned in a post before couldnt tell you what a pinch point isor how to read a topo map.
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